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        <title>Chicago weather: Warm Chicago Marathon Sunday ahead</title>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>A sunny and warm Chicago Marathon Sunday is ahead.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Latest seven-day forecast:</strong></p><p><strong>Sunday:</strong>&nbsp;Decreasing clouds. High: 77, Low: 60</p><p><strong>Monday:</strong>&nbsp;Sunny, near record warmth. High: 84, Low: 68</p><p><strong>Tuesday:</strong>&nbsp;Breezy. High: 77, Low: 59</p><p><strong>Wednesday:</strong>&nbsp;Scattered showers. High: 66, Low: 55</p><p><strong>Thursday:</strong>&nbsp;Rain. High: 67, Low: 51</p><p><strong>Friday:</strong>&nbsp;Breezy. High: 62, Low: 44</p><p><strong>Saturday:</strong>&nbsp;Breezy. High: 57, Low: 41 &nbsp;</p><p><strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/weather/">Get more First Alert Weather from CB</a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/weather/">S News Chicago</a></strong></p><p><strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/weather/cbs-chicago-radar/">CBS Chicago Radar</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/weather/regional-radar/">Regional Radar</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/weather/regional-radar-satellite/">Regional Satellite and Radar</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/weather/cbs-chicago-radar-west-burbs/">West Suburbs Weather Radar</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/weather/cbs-chicago-radar-central-burbs/">Central Suburbs Weather Radar</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/weather/cbs-chicago-radar-south-burbs/">South Suburbs Weather Radar</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/weather/cbs-chicago-radar-indiana-burbs/">Northwest Indiana Weather Radar</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/weather/cbs-chicago-radar-north-burbs/">North Suburbs Weather Radar&nbsp;</a></strong> </p>
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        <title>Chicago White Sox fall to Cleveland Guardians 2-0, ending unexpected postseason run that electrified fans</title>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>The Chicago White Sox's playoff hopes ended in Cleveland Saturday night as they fell 2-0 to the Guardians in Game 5 of the ALDS.</p><p>Gavin Williams had 12 of 21 strikeouts by Cleveland pitchers, Jos&eacute; Ram&iacute;rez homered on a pitch just above home plate and the Guardians completed a comeback from an 0-2 deficit in their best-of-five AL Division Series.</p><p>Chicago, the first team to reach the playoffs after three straight 100-loss seasons, has not won the World Series since 2005.</p><p>Ram&iacute;rez homered on a knuckle-curve 0.74 feet above ground, the lowest pitch hit for a postseason home run since tracking started in 2008, according to MLB Statcast, and the lowest hit by Ramirez in his 14-year big league career.</p><p>Steven Kwan had singled leading off the fourth ahead of Ram&iacute;rez's sixth postseason homer, which went just over the wall near the right-field line.</p><p>Munetaka Murakami and Andrew Benintendi struck out four times each, and Teel and Chase Meidroth three times apiece.</p><p>Cleveland opens the AL Championship Series at Tampa Bay on Monday night, seeking its first World Series trip since 2016. The Guardians/Indians franchise hasn't won the title since 1948, the longest drought among MLB teams.</p><p>Guardians pitchers set a record for strikeouts in a nine-inning postseason game. The White Sox got just three hits, put only nine balls in play and struck out 75 times over the series.</p><p>"It was less about chase and more about being attacked in the zone and swing and miss in the zone," White Sox manager Will Venable said. ". Just didn't have what it would have took to move some balls forward there."</p><p>Cleveland became just the 11th team to win a best-of-five series among the 96 that fell behind 0-2.</p><p>Two days after saving Game 4, Williams became just the third pitcher in postseason history to get the last out of a game and start the following game when his team faced elimination in both.</p><p>He didn't allow a hit until Kyle Teel looped a knuckle-curve into right field with two outs in the sixth, two innings after Ram&iacute;rez homered for the second straight game, a two-run drive off Sean Burke.</p><p>After a walk loaded the bases, Erik Sabrowski relieved and struck out Murakami on a foul tip, the pitcher letting out a yell.</p><p>Williams' 12 strikeouts tied Cleveland's record for a postseason game. He got 22 swings and misses, and his 24 strikeouts over three games tied for second-most in a best-of-five postseason series.</p><p>Hunter Gaddis followed Sabrowski and got four outs, and Cade Smith finished for his first career five-out save, striking out the side in the ninth. He blew a fastball by Tristan Peters for the final out, setting off a celebration at Progressive Field.</p><h2>Southsiders gather to watch the Sox together, and hope</h2><p>South Sider fans brought high energy and high hopes to Ramova Theater in Bridgeport for the ALDS Game 5 watch party, hoping their magical season could continue. </p><p>"It's going to be amazing. I hope they go to the World Series," said fan Nicholas Hernandes.</p><p>Gael Mendoza came decked out in his Southpaw mascot costume, along with his mother Vanessa.</p><p>"Couldn't miss it. I had two more events tonight and I was like I'm sorry &ndash; I went to the Wednesday game, the Thursday game, and it didn't happen, so I was like it has to happen today," she said. "If it doesn't, I already had the thought process of it'll happen soon, but I'm hoping this year." <br> <br> Ramova Theater has hosted watch parties throughout the Sox's playoff run.</p><p>"It's super great coming to Ramova, it feels just like we're at the stadium," said fan Julie Rodriguez. "It's the next best thing."</p><p>And fans like the Rodriguez family said if they can't be at the game, they wouldn't want to be anywhere else. </p><p>"We wanted to be somewhere with our own people on the South Side," Fernando Rodriguez said. </p><p>While fans ended up leaving Ramova deflated after the Sox lost, they told CBS News Chicago their spirits and their hopes for the future of the team are still high.&nbsp;</p><p>"I mean yeah, nobody wanted to see them lose but if anything, I'm super proud of the team for making it this far," said Sox fan Joey as he left the Ramova. "And I think the chemistry that these guys have, they can definitely make a run later on. That's what sucks to me, is these guys had a chance and it's just the pressure got high. I think the team was, just felt that pressure and everyone wanted to perform, and were just too desperate and chasing pitches that, they just had to relax. But a lot of the team, it's OK, it's the first time they get this playoff experience but I hope next year they can do it again."</p><p>Chicago was 9-8 against the Guardians this year, but Cleveland was able to win its third straight AL Central title by one game over the White Sox, which gave the Guardians home-field advantage for this series.</p><p>"We would obviously have loved to win Game 3 or 4. There's been a couple of times that Vogter and I have just looked at each other and laughed because this is just how it goes with these two clubs. And I think it's a special thing," Venable said. "If you look at just the story of the battle that we've had with these guys throughout this season coming down to that last weekend for the division and then here we are with a Game 5 for a chance to go to the CS, I think it's fitting two really good clubs that are both just very competitive, really talented, and the heart and soul of the club and identity of the club comes through, and I think it's been cool to watch that play out in competition throughout the year."</p>
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        <title>White Sox lose to Guardians 2-0, ending playoff run</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ The White Sox fell to the Guardians in Cleveland in Game 5 of the ALDS, ending their surprising playoffs run. While their fans are disappointed, their overall hopes for the team remain high. ]]>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:43:36 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>2026 Chicago Marathon: Route changes, road closures and everything else you need to know</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:16:21 -0500</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>The 2026 Bank of America Chicago Marathon steps off on Sunday in Grant Park.&nbsp;</p><p>Before putting on your running shoes or heading out to cheer on the sidelines, check out the upcoming road closures and the marathon course map, which has a slight change this year.&nbsp;</p><h2>Chicago marathon route map</h2><p>The Chicago Marathon starts and ends in Grant Park. Grant Park will officially open to runners at 5:30 a.m.</p><p>This year's course will change slightly due to construction and closures on State Street in The Loop. To avoid State Street, runners will head down Dearborn Street from Grand Avenue to Jackson Boulevard.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p><p>Runners will be cheered on by spectators watching from 29 neighborhoods located along the course.&nbsp;</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/07/5ea98aa2-9dda-4afa-96a6-980e2a3990f4/thumbnail/620x802/86c1ffbea6646f308a5063418bc20328/screenshot-2026-10-07-114242.png#" alt="screenshot-2026-10-07-114242.png " height="802" width="620" srcset="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/07/5ea98aa2-9dda-4afa-96a6-980e2a3990f4/thumbnail/620x802/86c1ffbea6646f308a5063418bc20328/screenshot-2026-10-07-114242.png 1x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption"></span></figcaption></figure><p>The race will continue the following schedule:<br><br>Men's Professional Wheelchair Start: 7:20 a.m.<br>Women's Professional Wheelchair Start: 7:21 a.m.<br>Handcycle Start: 7:23 a.m.<br>Men's and Women's Professional Start: 7:30 a.m.<br>High Performance Program Start: 7:32 a.m.<br>Wave 1 Start: 7:35 a.m.<br>Wave 2 Start: 8:00 a.m.<br>Wave 3 Start: 8:35 a.m. &nbsp;</p><p>Grant Park will open to spectators at 9:30 a.m.&nbsp;</p><h2>Chicago Marathon road closures&nbsp;</h2><p>Street closures for the marathon began Thursday at 4 a.m. and will continue to expand through race day.</p><p>The race course will be closed to traffic starting at 6 a.m. on Sunday and will remain closed through 4 p.m. Some road closures begin as soon as Thursday.&nbsp;</p><p>According to city officials, no parking zones along the course will be enforced beginning at 1 a.m. on Sunday, October 12.&nbsp;</p><p>Vehicle towing will begin at 1 a.m. on Sunday. For inquiries about towed vehicles, call 312-744-4444.  </p><p>Jackson Drive will be closed between Columbus Drive and DuSable Lake Shore Drive starting on Thursday at 4 a.m.<br><br>Parts of Balbo Drive and Columbus will begin to close on Thursday. By Friday, parts of Columbus Drive, Congress Plaza on Michigan Avenue, Ida B. Wells, and Jackson Drive will begin to close.&nbsp;</p><h2>Complete marathon road closure schedule&nbsp;</h2><p>Thursday, October 8 at 4 a.m. - Sunday, October 11 at 8 p.m.&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Jackson Dr. from Michigan Ave. to Columbus Dr.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Thursday, October 8 at 10 a.m. - Monday, October 12 at 6 a.m.&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Jackson Dr. from Columbus Dr. to DuSable Lake Shore Dr. &nbsp;</li><li>Congress Plaza Dr. from Van Buren St. to Harrison St. &nbsp;</li><li>Ida B. Wells Dr. from Michigan Ave to Columbus Dr. &nbsp;</li></ul><p>Thursday, October 8 at 4 a.m. - Monday, October 12 at 3 p.m.&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Balbo Dr. from Michigan Ave. to Columbus Dr. &nbsp;</li><li>Columbus Dr. from Ida B. Wells Dr. to Roosevelt Rd.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Saturday, October 10 at 4 a.m. &ndash; Sunday, October 11 at 5 p.m. &nbsp;</p><ul><li>Columbus Dr. from Randolph St. to Monroe St. &nbsp;</li></ul><p>Saturday, October 10 at 4 a.m. &ndash; Sunday, October 11 at 5 p.m. &nbsp;</p><ul><li>Monroe St. from Michigan Ave. to DuSable Lake Shore Drive&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Saturday, October 10 at 11 a.m.- Sunday, October 11 at 6 p.m.&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Roosevelt Rd. from Columbus Dr. to DuSable Lake Shore Dr. &nbsp;</li></ul><p>Saturday, October 10 at 4 a.m. &ndash; Sunday, October 11 at 8 p.m. &nbsp;</p><ul><li>Columbus Dr. from Monroe St. to Ida B. Wells Dr.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Sunday, October 11 at 4 a.m. until 4 p.m.&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Michigan Ave. from Madison St. to Balbo Dr.&nbsp;</li><li>Michigan Ave. from Balbo Dr. to Roosevelt Rd. &nbsp;</li></ul><p>Sunday, October 11 at 4 a.m. until 6 p.m.&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Columbus Dr. from McFetridge Dr. to Roosevelt Rd.&nbsp;</li><li>Roosevelt Rd. from Michigan Ave. to Columbus Dr. &nbsp;</li></ul><h2>Transportation along the course&nbsp;</h2><ul><li>Grand Red Line Station &ndash; Miles 1, 3 and 12.5</li><li>Jackson (Red or Blue Line) Station &ndash; Mile 2</li><li>Chicago Red Line Station &ndash; Miles 3.5 and 12.25</li><li>Clark/Division Red Line Station &ndash; Miles 4 and 12</li><li>Sheridan Red Line Station &ndash; Mile 8</li><li>Addison Red Line Station &ndash; Mile 8.5</li><li>Sedgwick Brown Line Station &ndash; Mile 11</li><li>Washington/Wells Brown, Pink or Orange Line Station &ndash; Mile 13.5</li><li>UIC-Halsted Blue Line Station &ndash; Miles 14 and 17</li><li>18th Pink Line Station &ndash; Mile 19.25</li><li>Cermak-Chinatown Red Line Station &ndash; Mile 21.5</li><li>Sox-35th Red Line Station &ndash; Mile 23, 23.25 and 23.5</li><li>35th-Bronzeville-IIT Green Line Station &ndash; Mile 23, 23.25 and 23.5</li><li>Cermak-McCormick Place Green Line Station &ndash; Mile 25</li><li>Roosevelt (Red, Green and Orange Line) Station &ndash; Finish line</li></ul><h2>Chicago Marathon race results&nbsp;</h2><p>Runners can find marathon race results on the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.chicagomarathon.com/runners/race-results/">Chicago Marathon website </a>on Sunday.&nbsp;</p><h2>Chicago weather bringing warmth for runners&nbsp;</h2><p>Chicago is bringing the heat for this year's marathon runners.&nbsp;</p><p>According to CBS Chicago meteorologist David Yeomans, the race will start in the 60s and top out at 77 degrees.&nbsp;</p><p>This could make Chicago's 2026 marathon the <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/2026-bank-of-america-chicago-marathon/" target="_blank">warmest race since 2021</a></span>. &nbsp;</p>

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        <title>Child among 4 injured after van crashes into building in South Austin</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:09:18 -0500</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>A child was among four people injured after a van crashed into a building in Chicago's South Austin neighborhood on Saturday.&nbsp;</p><p>The Chicago Fire Department confirmed the van crashed in the 500 block of South Cicero Avenue.&nbsp;</p><p>CFD said three adults and one child were taken to local hospitals in serious condition. The extent of the injuries are unknown at this time.&nbsp;</p><p>The impact of the crash caused the building to collapse.&nbsp;</p><p>The cause of the crash has not been released.&nbsp;</p>
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        <title>Warm Chicago Marathon Sunday ahead</title>
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        <title>Van crashes into building on West Side</title>
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        <title>Final preparations underway for Chicago Marathon</title>
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                      <![CDATA[ The Chicago Marathon kicks off Sunday. Here's a look at the preparations underway. ]]>
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        <title>White Sox ready for Game 5</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ The White Sox are ready for the winner-take-all Game 5 in ALDS in Cleveland Saturday night. ]]>
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        <title>Man shot, killed inside home in East Garfield Park neighborhood</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:22:31 -0500</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>A man was shot and killed inside a home in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood early Saturday morning.&nbsp;</p><p>Chicago police said a 26-year-old man was found lying int he hallway of a home in the 3600 block of West 5th Avenue just before 1:40 a.m.</p><p>Police said the victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead.&nbsp;</p><p>The circumstances surrounding the shooting area under investigation by Area Four detectives.</p>
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        <title>Police release photo of man wanted for sex offense on CTA train on Chicago&#039;s North Side</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:57:20 -0500</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>Police released photos of a man wanted for committing a lewd act on a CTA train on Chicago's North Side.&nbsp;</p><p>Chicago police said the person committed a lewd act while in a train car in the 3900 block of North Sheridan Road on October 7 at 9 p.m.</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/10/9b9fbc0c-5067-4ed5-8794-13b4d17ee34d/thumbnail/620x349/bad6735ebc6fe8647088997a96c73b60/untitled-design-2026-10-10t125345-778.png#" alt="untitled-design-2026-10-10t125345-778.png " height="349" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/10/9b9fbc0c-5067-4ed5-8794-13b4d17ee34d/thumbnail/620x349/bad6735ebc6fe8647088997a96c73b60/untitled-design-2026-10-10t125345-778.png 1x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption"></span></figcaption></figure><p>Police said the suspect is a man between 30 and 40 years old, around 6 feet tall with flight facial hair.&nbsp;</p><p>Anyone with information can contact Mass Transit Detectives at 312-745-4447 or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com.&nbsp;</p>

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        <title>2 in custody after deadly shooting in Valparaiso, Indiana</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:53:20 -0500</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>Two people are in custody after leading police on a pursuit following a deadly shooting in Valparaiso, Indiana early Saturday morning.&nbsp;</p><p>The Valparaiso Police Department responded to the 50 block of Campbell Street for reports a person shot just before 3 a.m.</p><p>Police said the victim was taken to a local hospital where they died.&nbsp;</p><p>While Valparaiso police searching the scene, police got a description of a car that had fled the scene. Porter County Sheriff's Deputy later located and pursued the suspects to the area of&nbsp; SR-249 and I-94, where they took two people into custody.&nbsp;</p><p>The circumstances surrounding the shooting are unknown at this time.&nbsp;</p><p>This investigation remains ongoing.&nbsp;</p>
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        <title>Check out Urban Air Adventures</title>
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        <title>Trump announces Russia will release millions of tons of diesel to help with skyrocketing costs</title>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>President Trump announced Russia has agreed to provide the world with millions of tons of diesel fuel over the next several months in a bid to decrease skyrocketing global prices.&nbsp;</p><p>In <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117412435306815143">a Truth Social post</a>, the president said he had just gotten off the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had agreed to release 300,000 tons of diesel immediately. He said another 500,000 tons of diesel would be released in November, followed by 1 million tons in December.</p><p>"Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel," Mr. Trump continued. </p><p>The Treasury Department also <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/USTreasury/status/2108630834169385310">announced Friday</a> that it would temporarily waive sanctions on Russia's energy sector to "allow the supply of Russian diesel to the global market."</p><p>In a statement from the Kremlin later Friday, Putin confirmed he and Mr. Trump spoke on the phone and that "Russia confirmed its readiness to supply oil and petroleum products to the American and global markets," and he was "confident this will have a positive impact on the entire global economy."</p><p>"An agreement was confirmed to continue personal contacts between the presidents of the two countries, as well as cooperation between the presidential administrations, special services, and other agencies," Putin's statement added.</p><p>The statement said Putin and Mr. Trump's call touched on "the prospects for resolving the Ukrainian crisis, and the situation surrounding Iran and various aspects of bilateral relations."</p><p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted the deal in a <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/2108641177608069345?s=20">social media post</a>, saying any easing of sanctions against Russia is a "weakness."</p><p>"Gifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilized world," Zelenskyy said in the post. "Russia will 'repay' the diesel with further terror and perfidy. Allowing Russia to sell petroleum products is an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged. What is needed is real de-escalation with Russia on a reciprocal basis."&nbsp;</p><p>The moves by the Trump administration mark a reversal of the tight sanctions that have constrained Russia's economy since Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Last month, Mr. Trump <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-signs-russia-sanctions-bill-lindsey-graham/" target="_blank">signed a bill</a></span>&nbsp;designed to make it even harder for Russia to profit off oil and gas exports by imposing steep tariffs on the largest buyers of Russian energy.</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/09/ab73924d-0e2c-4d51-8f80-e189d784096e/thumbnail/620x413g4/34e80cc324067a68e5e29e5e1278c89f/gettyimages-2297606349.jpg#" alt="President Trump Makes An Announcement From The Oval Office " height="413" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/09/ab73924d-0e2c-4d51-8f80-e189d784096e/thumbnail/620x413g4/34e80cc324067a68e5e29e5e1278c89f/gettyimages-2297606349.jpg 1x, https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/09/ab73924d-0e2c-4d51-8f80-e189d784096e/thumbnail/1240x826g4/13ef9bb4745a6333ece7cd6d1f82732c/gettyimages-2297606349.jpg 2x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">President Trump listens to a reporter's question in the Oval Office at the White House on Sept. 28, 2026, in Washington, D.C.</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>Mr. Trump had earlier teased a "big announcement coming up on diesel" during remarks Friday at a Columbus Day celebration, but offered little information to speculate on what the announcement would be about.</p><p>Mr. Trump pointed out Energy Secretary Chris Wright and said he was "doing a great job."</p><p>"We have, I think, some big news on that diesel situation," the president said. "We're gonna be knocking the hell out of it. And remember, what have we done? We stopped Iran from having a nuclear weapon. That's big time. And the prices &mdash; the prices will come tumbling."</p><p>Diesel prices have skyrocketed in recent months amid the war with Iran. The average price of a gallon of diesel is $6.28, <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="/essentials/n95-like-masks-for-kids/">according to AAA</a>, which is up from $5.94 a month ago and $3.68 a year ago.&nbsp;</p><p>Diesel had never previously crossed $6 a gallon until just before Labor Day weekend. The record, hit on Sept. 22, was $6.53 per gallon. Diesel is widely used in the trucking, agriculture and construction sectors, so it's a factor for nearly every type of good, including groceries.</p><p>The Trump administration has looked into several ways to lower diesel prices, most recently signing an executive order this week <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-red-dyed-diesel-executive-order/" target="_blank">allowing the use of red-dyed diesel</a></span> on highways. Red-dyed diesel is exempt from the federal tax of 24.4 cents a gallon that applies to regular diesel.</p><p>The president also argued Thursday that the U.S. has "TOTAL CONTROL" over the Strait of Hormuz, as American forces <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2108224804272963724">escort millions of barrels of crude oil through the waterway every night</a>. Iran has continued to target some of those ships, however, including one earlier on Friday.</p><p>"Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST!" Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and important announcement."</p>

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                      <![CDATA[ <p>Christa Pike, the woman whose <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christa-pike-botched-execution/" target="_blank">execution by lethal injection was botched</a></span> last month in Tennessee, has been released from the hospital and is now back in prison, according to her lawyers.</p><p>She has been transferred back to Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville, where she had been held before her planned execution on Sept. 30.</p><p>"Christa Pike was discharged from a local hospital and is now at Deborah K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center where she has been housed for more than 30 years," her attorneys, Stephen Ferrell, Luke Ihnen, Randy Spivey and Kelly Gleason, said in a statement Saturday. "She is grateful to the first responders and her medical team for their care in these extraordinary circumstances. She is continuing to receive medical care at the prison, and we will continue to track her recovery."</p><p>Pike, 50, was given two doses of a lethal injection drug, but her legal team confirmed shortly after the failed procedure that, in an unprecedented turn, she was alive and had been hospitalized. One witness, a media attendee, noted she could be heard loudly snoring about one hour after the procedure had started. She was then taken by ambulance to an area hospital.</p><p>Her legal team said on Tuesday that <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christa-pike-conscious-speaking-botched-tennessee-execution-attorneys-say/" target="_blank">she had regained consciousness</a></span> and was speaking from her hospital bed.</p><p>On Wednesday, Pike began "taking limited steps" with help, according to her team. And on Thursday, her attorneys detailed more progress, saying in a statement that she was walking "with some assistance" and her arms were "healing and regaining movement and strength." They also said that her "lungs are clear, and she has started to eat a regular diet."</p><p>Pike is the only person known to have survived an execution attempt in the U.S., according to the Death Penalty Information Center.</p><p>Pike was convicted in 1995 of the brutal murder of her classmate, 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Court filings show that Pike, then 18, tortured and killed Slemmer, slashing her with a meat cleaver and box cutter for up to an hour in a wooded part of the University of Tennessee campus, with help from her boyfriend and a friend.</p><p>Pike's execution was allowed to move forward after the Supreme Court <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a428_4f15.pdf">denied a last-minute effort</a>&nbsp;to halt it. She <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tennessee-christa-gail-pike-execution-woman-death-row/">was set to be</a></span> the first woman executed in the state since 1820.&nbsp;</p><p>It's still unclear what will happen with Pike moving forward.</p><p>Pike's attorneys attended an emergency hearing in Davidson County court on Wednesday, during which they requested and were granted a decision saying Tennessee's correctional department must preserve records and other evidence of her failed lethal injection.</p><p>Her legal team has renewed its calls for Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christa-pike-attorneys-push-commuted-sentence-botched-execution-take-death-off-the-table/">to commute Pike's death sentence</a></span>, pushing him to change the sentence to life in prison without parole so the state can't attempt to execute Pike a second time. This is the usual course of action after an inmate survives botched execution proceedings, her attorneys said.&nbsp;</p><p>However, while others have survived botched procedures before, Pike is the only known inmate in the United States' modern death penalty era to remain alive after actually receiving lethal chemicals.</p><p>"The state has made no promises that Ms. Pike will not be subject to a future execution," Ihnen, one of Pike's attorneys, said in court on Wednesday.&nbsp;</p>

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                      <![CDATA[ <p>Pope Leo XIV declared that capital punishment is "inadmissible" as the United States plans to <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fort-hood-shooter-execution-livestream-reaction-pentagon/" target="_blank">livestream an execution</a></span> by firing squad.</p><p>The American pope, in a post on <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/Pontifex/status/2108882737792745846">X</a> marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty, quoted the revised Catholic teaching on capital punishment ushered in by his predecessor, Pope Francis. The Catholic teaching states that capital punishment attacks the inherent dignity of a human being.</p><p>"The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment," read the post under Leo's official handle, @Pontifex. "Effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption."</p><p>The U.S. Defense Department announced Thursday that the firing squad execution of <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nidal-hasan-firing-squad-trump/" target="_blank">Nidal Malik Hasan</a></span>, convicted of a 2009 shooting at the Fort Hood military base, will be <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-fort-hood-shooter-execution-public-nidal-hasan/" target="_blank">livestreamed</a></span>. Hasan, scheduled to be executed <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/2108344900165263476">at Fort Hood</a> on Dec. 3, was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. It would be the first U.S. military execution since 1961.</p><p>The decision to livestream the execution has <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fort-hood-shooter-execution-livestream-reaction-pentagon/">drawn fierce criticism</a></span>.&nbsp;</p><p>Leo's post didn't refer specifically to the planned execution in the U.S. or the botched lethal injection of <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-to-know-christa-pike-first-woman-executed-tennessee-200-years/" target="_blank">Christa Pike&nbsp;</a></span>in Tennessee late last month which has revived debate over the death penalty in the United States. However, it is common for the pope's official social media accounts to post messages marking such commemorations like the World Day Against the Death Penalty.</p><p>However, Leo's post came just hours after his top deputy, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said explicitly that the planned U.S. public execution was "unacceptable."</p><p>Speaking specifically about the United States, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said the planned livestreamed execution was "truly incomprehensible" and "unacceptable to turn death into a spectacle."</p><p>"The Church's position is one of total opposition to the death penalty; it is incompatible with human dignity and serves as no deterrent&hellip; ," Parolin said in comments carried by Vatican News. "It is truly incomprehensible that anyone would want to use this system today &mdash; I don't know for what purpose. It is certainly unacceptable to turn death into a spectacle; even if the person is guilty, of course, there are other methods."</p><p>The head of the U.S. bishops conference, Archbishop Paul Coakley, expressed "shock" and "great sorrow" at the Pentagon's plans.</p><p>"In no way can Hasan's actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered," he said in a statement Friday. "The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people."</p><p>On Friday, President Trump said he approves of Hasan's execution by firing squad.</p><p>"He will be killed. He will be, through firing squad," Mr. Trump told reporters before flying to Syracuse, New York, for a political event. "I really don't care how he goes, as long as he goes. And I think the death penalty is a very worthy way of going for him."</p><p>Mr. Trump did not appear to answer when asked whether it was appropriate to livestream the event or whether he was going to watch the execution.</p><p>Vice President JD Vance, who is a Catholic convert, appeared to&nbsp;<span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-fort-hood-shooter-execution-livestream/" target="_blank">cast doubt</a></span> on Friday about the livestream, telling reporters he wouldn't watch it and, "I don't know that that's actually going to happen."</p>

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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:23:16 -0500</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>Someone on a motorcycle shot two teenagers in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood on Friday night.&nbsp;</p><p>Chicago police said two 16-year-old boys were sitting inside a parked car int he 6500 block of South Laflin Street around 11:20 p.m. when someone on a motorcycle pulled up and fired shtos.&nbsp;</p><p>Both teens were taken to local hospitals with gunshot wounds in good condition.&nbsp;</p><p>Police said the motorcyclist fled eastbound on 65th Street and no arrests have been made.&nbsp;</p><p>Area One detectives are investigating.  &nbsp;</p>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>“Dead Girl’s Quinceañera” at the Goodman Theatre</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ CBS Chicago's Vince Gerasole has your ticket. ]]>
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        <title>Warm and breezy weekend ahead in Chicago</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Person of interest in custody in stabbing death of CTA janitor Julian Mobley at Damen Green Line station</title>
        <link>https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cta-stabbing-death-janitor-damen-green-line-reward/</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:31:14 -0500</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>A person of interest is in custody after a <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cta-green-line-damen-station-stabbing-attack/" target="_blank">CTA janitor was stabbed to death </a></span>at the Damen Green Line station on Thursday.&nbsp;</p><p>Chicago police confirmed they had a person of interest in custody Friday morning in the death of 41-year-old Julian Mobley, but did not release any further information. Sources said the suspect turned himself in at a police station in Englewood. There were two active warrants for his arrest at the time of the stabbing.</p><p>Meanwhile, violence prevention leaders are offering a $5,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest.&nbsp;</p><p>Chicago police said just before 3 p.m., a man approached the 41-year-old janitor inside the mezzanine area of the station, got into a verbal fight that then turned physical, and stabbed the victim in the neck.</p><p>Police sources said the incident began when a passenger on a CTA Green Line train maced a CTA operator on the train. During the altercation, Mobley, a CTA maintenance worker, tried to intervene, and the person who attacked the train driver stabbed him.</p><p>Mobley was critically injured and was found unresponsive in a nearby room, police said. The attacker fled the station after the stabbing, headed west. Mobley was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. &nbsp;</p><p>The victim's 14-year-old daughter went on TikTok after the stabbing to share how she's feeling as she grapples with the fact that her dad won't be able to watch her or her younger brother grow up.</p><p>"There was so much I didn't get a chance to say to him," she said. "There were so many more years we could have had together, and my little brother could have had even more with him."</p><p>Sources who work for the CTA said they have been sounding the alarm about the suspect for a long time. He was forcibly removed from the transit system four times in the last month.</p><p>CBS News Chicago is not releasing his name because he has not yet been charged, but he has a lengthy criminal history, including a three-year sentence for stabbing another person in 2018. CBS News Chicago counted at least 29 crimes on the suspect's record dating back to when he was a teenager.</p><p>"I'm tired of things like this happening in Chicago. I'm so tired of it happening everywhere. You can't even come home from work anymore. You can't come home," Mobley's daughter said.</p><p>Pennie McCoach, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308, the union representing CTA rail workers, said Mobley had worked for the CTA since 2018.</p><p>McCoach called the stabbing a failure of CTA to provide a safe work environment for its staff and called for immediate changes in security measures.&nbsp;</p><p>In June, <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/man-shot-killed-cta-yard-chicago-roseland-community/" target="_blank">CTA rail switch worker Thomas Barlow was shot and killed</a></span> during an attempted carjacking near the 95th Street stop on the Red Line. &nbsp;</p><p>"If nothing's done, the measurements of Local 308, we're going to look at other measurements that is going to cripple the city," she said.</p><p>Chicago police have issued an internal bulletin featuring surveillance images of Mobley's killer, but have not yet released those images publicly. &nbsp;</p>

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                      <![CDATA[ <p>A CTA janitor died after being stabbed as he tried to intervene in an attack on a Green Line train operator at the Damen/Lake stop Thursday afternoon, just blocks from the United Center.</p><p>Chicago police said just before 3 p.m. an unknown male approached the 41-year-old janitor inside the mezzanine area of the station, got into a verbal fight that then turned physical, and stabbed the victim in the neck.</p><p>Police sources said the incident began when a passenger on a CTA Green Line train maced a CTA operator on the train. During the altercation, a janitor who works for the CTA tried to intervene, and the person who attacked the train driver stabbed him.</p><p>The janitor was critically injured and was found unresponsive in a nearby room, police said. The attacker fled the station after the stabbing, headed west.&nbsp;</p><p>The janitor was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. &nbsp;</p><p>Pennie McCoach, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308, the union representing CTA rail workers, identified the janitor as 41-year-old Julian Mobley, who had worked for the CTA since 2018.</p><p>Mobley had been married for 20 years, and leaves behind a wife and two children, a 14-year-old and an 18-month-old.</p><p>"A gentle kind gentleman. He was a real man. You know, was he protective and would he help the operator? Maybe so, if he had saw something," said co-worker Audrey Vesley.</p><p>McCoach called the stabbing a failure of CTA to provide a safe work environment for its staff.</p><p>"This is unacceptable. This is not acceptable, and people should be able to go to work [and] come back home to their families," McCoach said. "Let's be clear, this is not a tragedy, this a safety failure."</p><p>Mobley was the second CTA worker killed on the job this year.</p><p>In June, <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/man-shot-killed-cta-yard-chicago-roseland-community/" target="_blank">CTA rail switch worker Thomas Barlow was shot and killed</a></span> during an attempted carjacking near the 95th Street stop on the Red Line.</p><p>McCoach called for immediate changes in security measures for CTA workers. </p><p>"If nothing's done, the measurements of Local 308, we're going to look at other measurements that is going to cripple the city," she said.</p><p>In a statement, a CTA spokesperson said the agency "is deeply saddened by the death of a beloved CTA employee at the Damen Green Line station today. We extend our heartfelt condolences to our colleague's family, loved ones and coworkers."</p><p>"We are committed to supporting our employees and are always working with our public safety partners to strengthen protections for those who serve our riders every day," the spokesperson added.</p><p>No one was in custody Thursday evening. An investigation by Area Three detectives is ongoing.&nbsp;</p><p>The CTA said it is cooperating with the police investigation, and will share surveillance video footage with detectives.</p><p>"We will support law enforcement officials' efforts to ensure that the offender is apprehended and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," the CTA spokesperson said.</p><p>Chicago police have issued an internal bulletin featuring surveillance images of Mobley's killer, but have not yet released those images publicly.</p>

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        <title>Shooting survivor mourns boyfriend&#039;s death while fighting to keep her home</title>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>A Chicago woman survived a bullet to the chest when she was caught in crossfire coming home from the airport. Sadly, her boyfriend didn't survive. Now, as she tries to rebuild her life, she's facing another fight &mdash; to get the financial help she says she was promised.</p><p>On Aug. 13, Tyaisha Spann and her boyfriend, Donnie Lee Chapman Jr., were coming home from a week in Antigua celebrating their anniversary, but on their drive home from O'Hare International Airport, their trip ended in unimaginable tragedy.</p><p>They turned onto 71st Street near Champlain Avenue. Someone was blocking the street. When the driver moved to get around them she said she started hearing gunfire and they were caught in the middle.&nbsp;</p><p>"Coming off of a high to just be my life shattered and ruined," Spann said.</p><p>A bullet entered the side of her chest and stopped inches from her heart. Police said someone in an SUV had opened fire on their white sedan.&nbsp;</p><p>Spann said Chapman's injuries were even worse. He was shot in the head and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died.</p><p>"I'm still waiting for my phone to ring, you know? He had a specific ring tone, you know, and I'm just still waiting to hear that, but I know I won't," she said.</p><p>Spann still has the bullet lodged in her chest. She can't believe she survived, but her recovery would mean months away from work &mdash; unpaid.&nbsp;</p><p>While Spann was still hospitalized, she said representatives from a violence prevention organization called Acclivus came to her room. She said they offered to help cover her mortgage while she was unable to work.</p><p>She accepted, saying she was counting on that assistance to keep a roof over her head while she recovered.</p><p>"Maybe this is God aligning; you know, like giving me the reassurance that you can take the time off," she said.</p><p>But there was a problem. Seven weeks later, after taking the time off, she was told that the funding provided by Illinois Department of Human Services<strong> </strong>can cover rent, but under the program's rules, mortgage payments are not an eligible expense.</p><p>"I get a call saying that I was denied, and I was like, 'Denied? But this is what you guys get the money for,'" she said.</p><p>CBS News Chicago reached out to Acclivus repeatedly to try to get answers. On Thursday, the organization said its team had advocated with the state for an exception, and that the exception has now been approved.</p><p>So, now Acclivus said Spann's "application is continuing to be processed."</p><p>"It's going to be huge, because I won't lose my house," Spann said.</p><p>She said she hopes her experience will help streamline the process for others and that the exception she was granted can become standard.</p><p>"I just hope anyone wouldn't have to go through what I'm going through right now," she said.</p><p>Police said they had no update in Spann's shooting case, and detectives are still investigating.&nbsp;</p>
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        <title>Mike Ditka, legendary Bears coach who led Chicago to its only Super Bowl title, dies at 86</title>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>Mike Ditka, a football legend who went from a star tight end for the Chicago Bears to its most famous coach to this day, has died at the age of 86.</p><p>His family confirmed his death in a statement, writing, <strong>"</strong>It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Mike Ditka. While the world knew Mike as a Hall of Fame football player, legendary coach, and leader of the Chicago Bears' Super Bowl XX championship team, we knew him as the heart of our family Mike will be missed beyond measure and remembered forever."</p><p>The Bears <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/ChicagoBears/status/2108597162489549078?s=20">released a statement</a>, writing in part, "Mike's impact on the Chicago Bears organization, over decades as a player, coach, and proud icon and ambassador for our organization, is immeasurable...We extend our love, prayers, and heartfelt condolences to the Ditka family, and join all Bears fans in deep sadness and reverence as we remember and honor Mike Ditka."&nbsp;</p><p>The <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/NFL/status/2108584126420844732">NFL posted a statement</a> on their social media, writing, "The NFL is deeply saddened by the passing of Hall of Fame coach and tight end, Mike Ditka.   Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones."</p><p>NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell remembered Ditka, writing, "Mike Ditka epitomized football over so many years. He brought intensity, authenticity, and an unmistakable personality to everything he did... We extend our deepest condolences to Diana and the Ditka family."</p><p>Illinois Gov. <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/2108581127296327772">JB Pritzker</a> also posted about his death, writing, "Da Coach was not only an icon in Chicago, but the entire football world.  Our thoughts are with Mike Ditka's family, friends, and Bears fans today. May his memory be a blessing."</p><p>Pro Football Hall of Fame President and CEO Jim Porter responded to Ditka's death in a statement, saying, "Mike brought competitiveness  and a hard-nosed play style as he developed into both a fantastic blocker and someone  who could punish would-be tacklers on his receptions...Mike's captivating personality and leadership  qualities will be preserved and celebrated forever in Canton."   </p><p>The Hall of Fame said the flag outside their museum will be flown at half staff in Ditka's honor.&nbsp;</p><p>Emery Moorehead, a tight end on Ditka's Super Bowl-winning team, <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/emery-moorehead-chicago-bears-super-bowl-team-mike-ditka/" target="_blank">shared his memories</a></span> of his coach with CBS News Chicago.&nbsp;</p><p>"He had huge passion for the game," Moorehead said. "Everybody played at an emotional high every week because that's how coach felt."</p><p>"'Da Coach,' as we knew him, was like this invincible character that you thought would live forever," said former CBS News Chicago sports anchor Ryan Baker, who knew Ditka well and interviewed him often. "So it feels surreal to be talking about the passing of Mike Ditka, even though it was inevitable."</p><p>Even the Green Bay Packers, with whom Ditka had a fierce rivalry, mourned his passing.</p><p>"While he was a formidable opponent, his contributions to the game and to a rivalry that has meant so much to both franchises will always be respected and remembered by the Green Bay Packers," the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/packers/status/2108602206849015826?s=20">wrote on their social media</a>.</p><p>Ditka <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/remembering-mike-ditka-death-chicago-bears-tributes/" target="_blank">still looms large in the Bears' legend</a></span>, and remains an extremely popular figure among Bears fans and in pop culture. Recently, a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/couple-goes-viral-for-sharing-smooch-dressed-as-johnson-ditka-at-bears-game-hand-off/" target="_blank">recently engaged couple went viral</a> for sharing a smooch at a Bears game while they were both dressed as the coach.&nbsp;</p><p>Ditka was born Oct. 18, 1939. Before he became Da Coach, the legend of "Iron" Mike Ditka was forged in the blue-collar town of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, northwest of Pittsburgh.</p><p>Ditka never forgot his working-class roots, but he did use football as his ticket out of working in the steel mills. He earned a scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh, where he became an All-American tight end in 1960.</p><p>"If you wanted to be good at something, you had to work at it," Ditka told CBS Chicago in 1985, "and nobody was going to give you nothing for nothing." </p><p>The Bears drafted him fifth overall in 1961. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" as a player, he was named the NFL's rookie of the year and went on to revolutionize the tight end position as a pass-catcher.</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/11/25/46409be6-c9e2-46dd-94b1-6d777bc98174/thumbnail/620x765/f231c428586dca97351ff5ab0bee2bd8/gettyimages-515024854.jpg#" alt="Mike Ditka " height="765" width="620" srcset="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/11/25/46409be6-c9e2-46dd-94b1-6d777bc98174/thumbnail/620x765/f231c428586dca97351ff5ab0bee2bd8/gettyimages-515024854.jpg 1x, https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/11/25/46409be6-c9e2-46dd-94b1-6d777bc98174/thumbnail/1240x1530/440610d1ac99783f012bb39503cf2cb5/gettyimages-515024854.jpg 2x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">Chicago Bears' Tight End Mike Ditka shown full length catching football, 1960s.</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>"I didn't particularly like those people I was playing against, I really didn't," Ditka said. "I wasn't a guy who went up and shook hands before the game or after the game."</p><p>The pinnacle of Ditka's six-year run with the Bears came in 1963, when #89 helped lead the team to an NFL championship.</p><p>The Bears demolished the New England Patriots 46-10 in the Super Bowl, but Ditka often said he regretted having McMahon and defensive tackle William "The Refrigerator" Perry run for touchdowns instead of Walter Payton, Chicago's loyal and long-suffering running back.</p><p>Ryan departed for a head coaching job in Philadelphia soon after. While the Bears continued to be a contender for most of the next five years, a 5-11 season prompted Ditka's departure in 1992.</p><p>He was arguably the NFL's most recognizable &mdash; and imitated &mdash; personality during his time as Chicago's coach with his thick but neatly groomed mustache and sweater vest with "BEARS" emblazoned across the chest. The iconic look is still mimicked by fans at Bears games decades later. That along with his fiery, red-faced sideline tantrums inspired the popular "Da Bears" skit on "Saturday Night Live" during the 1980s. &nbsp;</p><p>However, after a contract dispute with owner George "Papa Bear" Halas, the five-time Pro Bowler was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles prior to the 1967 season.</p><p>Ditka would cap off his playing days by catching a touchdown in Super Bowl VI for the Dallas Cowboys. Upon retirement, he immediately joined Tom Landry's coaching staff in Dallas.</p><p>In 1982, Ditka's career came full circle when Halas brought him back to the Bears as the 10th head coach in franchise history.</p><p>As coach, both fans and the media couldn't get enough of Ditka's gruff and tough coaching persona. Ditka's fiery sideline demeanor quickly turned into on-field success.</p><p>"I don't want to be competitive. I know what that is," Ditka said in 1985. "I want to be the winner."</p><p>The 1985 Bears reached and won Super Bowl XX. On Jan. 26, 1986, in New Orleans, Ditka's Bears dominated the New England Patriots 46-10, making Ditka one of only two men to win an NFL title as a player, assistant coach, and head coach.</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/08/10/c8da3796-ce7b-4e5f-9f27-095197fda59c/thumbnail/620x419/9a3e6602449ed28b547bc411d0ecd338/gettyimages-460833464.jpg#" alt="Super Bowl XX - Chicago Bears v New England Patriots " height="419" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/08/10/c8da3796-ce7b-4e5f-9f27-095197fda59c/thumbnail/620x419/9a3e6602449ed28b547bc411d0ecd338/gettyimages-460833464.jpg 1x, https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2022/08/10/c8da3796-ce7b-4e5f-9f27-095197fda59c/thumbnail/1240x838/bf6ad6958ae5d0e75563f25c133ae3be/gettyimages-460833464.jpg 2x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">Head Coach Mike Ditka of the Chicago Bears gets carried off the field after they defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX January 26, 1986 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Bears won the Super Bowl 46-10.</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>In 1988, Ditka became the first tight end ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.</p><p>However, later that year, he suffered a heart attack. He would recover, and in 1990, he led the Bears to a sixth division crown.</p><p>But following a 5-11 finish in the 1992 season, Ditka was fired.</p><p>Ditka later returned to the NFL for a three-season stint as head coach of the New Orleans Saints, from 1997 through 1999. Afterward, Ditka retired from coaching.</p><p>But the iconic status of Da Coach continued to grow, especially in Chicago. He became a successful restaurateur and appeared in commercials for a range of products, hawking everything from wine to wieners.</p><p>In late 2013, Chicago's favorite Grabowski received the ultimate tribute &mdash; as his iconic jersey #89 was retired during a halftime ceremony at Soldier Field.</p><p>Ditka also had a longstanding relationship with CBS Chicago. Throughout his run as Bears head coach, Ditka also made weekly appearances during football season with Channel 2 sports director Johnny Morris on "The Mike Ditka Show."</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/11/25/12ec7a8b-daac-4776-84d9-11661a952206/thumbnail/620x469/ea2a3905fa7012b0290c4812097c2459/mike-ditka-johnny-morris.png#" alt="mike-ditka-johnny-morris.png " height="469" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/11/25/12ec7a8b-daac-4776-84d9-11661a952206/thumbnail/620x469/ea2a3905fa7012b0290c4812097c2459/mike-ditka-johnny-morris.png 1x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">Mike Ditka and CBS Chicago sports director Johnny Morris on the last edition of "The Mike Ditka Show" on WBBM-TV, CBS Channel 2, January 1993.</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>"The Mike Ditka Show" ended after Ditka was fired from the Bears in January 1993. But in the mid-2000s, Ditka was appearing on CBS Chicago again as an analyst for the program "2 on Football" with sports director Mark Malone. He also appeared as a color analyst for local broadcasts of preseason Bears games.</p><p>Ditka was also a commercial spokesperson for many products and an avid golfer. He was also closely tied to Misericordia, the Chicago facility that serves young people with developmental and physical disabilities.</p>

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                      <![CDATA[ <p>The Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 was awarded Friday to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a South African-born former judge with the International Criminal Court who went on to become the United Nations human rights chief and is still serving with the U.N.'s other judicial body, the International Court of Justice. She also led a U.N. inquiry last year that accused Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip, and Israel was quick to condemn her receiving the honor on Friday.&nbsp;</p><p>The Nobel Committee said it was honoring Pillay "for her efforts to promote peace and international law," and that awarding the prize to someone with her body of work on international justice was a message to those seeking to undermine international law institutions.</p><p>The South African-born former United Nations human rights chief, who is 85, was recognized for her efforts to promote peace and international law, said J&oslash;rgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.</p><p>"This is definitely a message to those who are undermining the international system and institutions," Frydnes said.&nbsp;</p><p>"The system of international law is under tremendous pressure and its institutions are under attack," he said, noting what the committee saw as a shift "towards power politics at the expense of legal frameworks and global respect for law and justice."  </p><p>The International Criminal Court (ICC) has come under fire from Israel and the Trump administration in recent years, with the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/imposing-sanctions-on-the-international-criminal-court/">U.S. imposing sanctions against the U.N. court</a>&nbsp;last year after it <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/icc-arrest-warrants-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-yoav-gallant-hamas-mohammed-deif/" target="_blank">issued an arrest warrant</a></span> in 2024 for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. President Trump accused the court of "illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel."</p><p>The <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/icc-trump-sanctions-international-criminal-court-israel-netanyahu/" target="_blank">ICC condemned the U.S. sanctions</a></span> against its staff and said they were intended to "harm (the Court's) independent and impartial judicial work."</p><p>Pillay served as an ICC judge from 2003 until 2008, when she resigned to take on the role of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. She was the chair of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory that said last year it had <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-is-committing-genocide-gaza-un-commission-concludes/" target="_blank">concluded Israel's actions in Gaza amounted to genocide</a></span>. Israel dismissed the report as "scandalous."</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/09/93631ac5-dbf6-496a-be4c-a34afa597ba2/thumbnail/620x413/50d2387da51bfd082200a1aaa5214a10/navi-pillay-453074809.jpg#" alt="Navi Pillay-Press Conference " height="413" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/09/93631ac5-dbf6-496a-be4c-a34afa597ba2/thumbnail/620x413/50d2387da51bfd082200a1aaa5214a10/navi-pillay-453074809.jpg 1x, https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/09/93631ac5-dbf6-496a-be4c-a34afa597ba2/thumbnail/1240x826/61d1b101a1266dea5025f2439a6dea1d/navi-pillay-453074809.jpg 2x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">Then-United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay speaks during a press conference at the United Nations offices in Geneva, Dec. 2, 2013.</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>Pillay is currently serving as an ad hoc judge for the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which is separate to the ICC, in the case of Gambia v. Myanmar, in which Myanmar's ruling military junta stands accused of genocide over its <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/rohingya-crisis/" target="_blank">treatment of the nation's Rohingya Muslim minority</a></span> in the western state of Rakhine.</p><p>Frydnes said the committee wasn't immediately able to reach Pillay Friday to tell her she had been awarded the prize, adding from the podium that if she was watching and saw a call coming in from a Norwegian phone number, to "please pick up."&nbsp;</p><p>She soon appeared in a <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/AgnesCallamard/status/2108487995300982835">video posted on social media</a> by the head of Amnesty International, being applauded by well-wishers at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, where Nazi leaders were put on trial for their crimes against humanity after World War II.</p><p>"Perhaps it was meant to be that I was in this historic courtroom... when the announcement was made and I was informed of the award," Pillay said. "We are living through an era when international law and human rights are under significant political attack ... This worsening reality is particularly visible with the attacks on the International Criminal Court." &nbsp;</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/09/aeecc1d0-af3d-42db-8236-fcce7a43f0d6/thumbnail/620x407/a3cd233582b57bfea6116e3d4b24df4d/navi-pillay.png#" alt="navi-pillay.png " height="407" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/09/aeecc1d0-af3d-42db-8236-fcce7a43f0d6/thumbnail/620x407/a3cd233582b57bfea6116e3d4b24df4d/navi-pillay.png 1x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay speaks about being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Oct. 9, 2026, in Nuremburg, Germany, in an image from video posted online by Amnesty International Secretary General   Agnes Callamard.</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>"If you clap a little bit louder I may share this prize with Trump," she quipped, drawing laughs from the crowd. She said that when she was informed that she had been awarded the prize, she first thought "it must be a joke," and that as a "lawyer and a judge, I still want to verify this thing."</p><p>She noted that she was lauded by the Nobel committee for her courage, which she questioned, saying: "You can imagine how surprised I was. Why would you need courage to speak the truth? You interpret the law, you look at all the facts, so it's an impartial decision you make."</p><h2>Israel condemns Pillay's honor, U.S. further sanctions ICC&nbsp;</h2><p>The Israeli Foreign Ministry blasted the Nobel committee for awarding the prize to Pillay on Friday, saying in a <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/israelmfa/status/2108512804273529007?s=46&amp;t=GYQZ6N5XARCsfO_3ioMtRQ">statement posted online</a> that "if there were an award for lies, hatred, and blood libels, Navi Pillay wouldn't just be a contender. She'd be a frontrunner. Her role in the relentless, politically motivated demonization of Israel and promotion of the genoLIE speaks volumes."<br><br>It condemned the committee for awarding her as "the grotesque weaponization of an award to legitimize anti-Israel hatred and prejudice."</p><p>A separate statement posted on the X account of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Nobel committee had "lost its moral compass. It has awarded its highest honor to a bigot who built her career around inventing and propagating blood libels against the one and only Jewish state."</p><p>The Trump administration, hours later, <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2108565647667904647?s">announced further sanctions</a> against the ICC. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the ICC a "threat to U.S. sovereignty" and said the new measures were deemed necessary to ensure the court, which the U.S. has never been a state party to, can never prosecute a U.S. national.&nbsp;</p><p>He said the new sanctions would "ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling its ability to operate," adding: "We expect our allies, many of whom are part of the ICC and that rely on American servicemembers for their defense, to rein in the court. If they do not, the United States will continue its campaign to dismantle the ICC, brick by brick, until Americans are threatened no longer."</p><p>The ICC has never prosecuted or indicted a U.S. national, but it has investigated the actions of U.S. forces abroad, in countries where it does have jurisdiction, including Afghanistan, and it could theoretically seek to prosecute Americans.&nbsp;</p><p>According to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/09/02/qa-international-criminal-court-and-united-states#2">Human Rights Watch</a>, there are "limited situations in which the ICC has jurisdiction over the nationals of countries, such as the U.S., that have not joined the Rome Statute. This includes when a citizen of a non-member country commits war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide on the territory of an ICC member country. That's why U.S. citizens may be subject to the court's jurisdiction as it investigates alleged grave crimes that took place in Afghanistan."</p><h2>Nobel prize history</h2><p>Last year, Venezuelan opposition leader <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/secret-mission-maria-corina-machado-out-of-venezuela/" target="_blank">Mar&iacute;a Corina Machado won</a></span> the Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman "who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness."</p><p>Machado gave President Trump, who has long said he deserves the prize, her Nobel medal shortly after the United States ousted then-President Nicol&aacute;s Maduro. But it was largely a symbolic gesture: The Nobel Committee has said the honor itself cannot be transferred.</p><p>Nominations can be made by a select group of people and organizations, including heads of state or politicians serving at a national level, university professors, directors of foreign policy institutes, past Nobel Prize recipients and members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee itself.</p><p>Four of this year's Nobels were announced earlier this week. The Nobel for medicine went to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. The physics award recognized a scientist's efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos. The chemistry prize recognized two scientists for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs.</p><p>Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the literature prize Thursday for "bold and inventive" works that fuse the classical and the modern and blur the boundaries of poetry and prose.</p><p>The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced Monday.</p><p>The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million).</p><p>Education activist Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate; she won at 17 in 2014.</p><p>The United States is the most-credited country, with 24 awards naming U.S. institutions or individuals, ahead of the United Kingdom (13) and Switzerland (11). No laureate listed as American has won since then-President Barack Obama was awarded in 2009.</p><p>The prize has gone unawarded on 19 occasions, most of them during the world wars. In 1948, the year Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, no prize was awarded; he had been nominated 12 times and never won.</p><p>In 1939, a Swedish member of parliament nominated Adolf Hitler, then withdrew the nomination, saying it was never meant seriously.</p>

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